Basket Stamp Around an Object or Figure the Easy Way

Here is a Quick Tip Video that demonstrates my process for Basket Stamping around objects and figures in a piece. Sometimes it can be difficult to carry a basket stamp or another geometric pattern through an object while maintaining the pattern.
Here I show you my technique and what has helped me to accomplish this.
We use a similar technique as we used in our video on Basket Stamping a belt. You can check that video out here: • How to Basket Stamp a ...
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[@rickatyahoo]

I just got my first basket stamp, thank you for teaching how to apply this stamp, very masterfully

[@xiaohuaflower]

This video increased my confidence in being able to do a good job stamping basketweave by about 1000%

[@sandrawalters]

Mr. Gonzales, thank you for this very detailed and thorough video. However, I wanted to specifically thank you for the "corner/corner & meet in the middle" tip, that was very useful information. Especially since I just entered the wonderful world of leather.

[@aixpert291]

You are absolutely the best leathercrafter on KZbin. A true artist.

[@soodypop2014]

Agreed.

[@123dabrams]

Perfect this video helped me so much! I've done the basket stamp by itself, and a customer wanted a brand in the middle, and I had no clue how to stamp it nicely. Thank you!!

[@AnttiNannimus1]

Your skills and experience are amazing, Mr. Gonzales. Thank you. I like using stamps, but I struggle to keep them consistent and aligned. This is perhaps the best video I've seen on stamping in general, and I can see how it applies to many other patterns in addition to basket-stamps. It's a great help.

[@Native_love]

Don, you are awesome! I've watched this so many times! Thank you for making these and your other videos. I'm slowly (already sold some of my pieces) getting better! Thank you Don!

[@davidmurphy2054]

Thanks Great tips, I struggle keeping them in line especially the Geometric ones little better on the basket weave. The tip will help me lots.

[@Ps2352]

Once again thank you sir for sharing. Very helpful

[@406Montana]

Thanks Don, that's really good information. I watch all of your videos. This will really help to improve my basket stamping. I'm doing one now with your wine rack that I downloaded on the bottom.

[@soodypop2014]

Don, your tooling is so impressive. The GOAT of tooling!

[@ruthiewrangler9864]

Perfect timing for this video. I will be Basket stamping for the first time on a gun holster. Thanks

[@Meanfidler]

Great video, as usual, Don! Thanks for sharing your masterful skills!

[@D.J.M.47]

Thank you for your techniques and touches on the basket weave. It really helps allot.

[@Josephw62]

Clear concise and logical. Excellent instructions. Thank you

[@GreySageLeather]

Thanks for the great lesson. I always get something of value from your videos.

[@jameshutton756]

Thanks for all you have shown me I have learned a lot will keep practicing looking for the straight lines

[@michaelvoshell6911]

Thank you for this video. I'm new to leather and tried the basket weave stamp for the first time this last weekend. The results were really sad. After watching your video I now understand a little bit more about how to place the stamp thank you

[@kellywilliams5086]

Great video. I use the same system pretty much. An unspoken secret is the quality of the basket stamp. Good quality basket stamps are so much easier to line up.

[@jeffrey9102]

What brand do you recommend?

[@allyg2510]

Very helpful tutorial, thank you for your time to teach your great skills

[@sprnova1948]

Thanks for a great video-truly enjoy your easy to follow instructional tutorials !!!

[@lizdg3892]

This has been great. I’m just learning. Good to see proper technique. Thank you

[@skylineleathercompany]

Thank you for doing this video. I have a project coming up where I need to know how to basket stamp around something. Andrew 🙂

[@pricepi1]

Thank you Professor Gonzales. You’ve helped me immensely.

[@timgross5903]

Well first off I'm watching this at work and now I'm really itching to get to basket stamping 😁...this is a eye opening video 😳

[@GoFurtherBug]

Thank you! You are a great instructor, I enjoy learning from you.

[@GottliebGoltz]

Ditto, G-G.

[@justmeva]

Thank you: You make this look so easy and effortless.

[@tomkilcullen5421]

This is the fourth time I've watched this video Don and I think I got your trick down. Thanx so much for sharing. Hope all is well at your ranch. Be safe and healthy and pet the dog for me. Will be at the Kennedy in April so I'll be sure to stop. I'm gonna see Bruce Cheaney on way down also. Again, blessings on you and your family Don. Addios.

[@InkandFish555]

Thank you so much for the great video! Basket weave is skmething I always struggle with.

[@fredpfeiljr6450]

Great video brother ! Thanks for learning me somethin' !!!

[@wulfschlueter2112]

You always have great tips

[@thomasgodoy5368]

Good job thankfully for all your heads up and tutorial information.

[@marty01957]

Just what I needed to know, Thanks Don!

[@wesdresen9994]

always like your videos. Very helpful.

[@glenpaul3606]

Very good tutorial on how to basket stamp. Thank you.

[@silversmokestacks3189]

Great work! You make it look easy

[@CantrellLeatherGoods]

This is priceless information. No kidding, I just had this same scenario and I did exactly what you said NOT to do! And guess what -it didn’t meet up at the end 😩. I had to do some finagling and thankfully it was for my mom and she thinks I’m Jim Linnell .... so... she’s crazy... Anyway, THANK YOU!!!

[@richardkatzman2066]

Nice job. Thanks for the lesson!

[@ozzy1066]

Muy buen video Don gracias por compartir tus conosimientos.

[@evaaddkison400]

Thank you for teaching.

[@nathanielzaharia9630]

This was great! Thanks so much.

[@walterromano8022]

Muchas gracias por este tutorial.realmente este paso con un figura en medio a veces se complica la continuidad y el efecto final es de desprolijidad y le da mal aspecto a un trabajo que está genial.. Gracias

[@susanna1207]

Great tutorial, thank you.

[@davidmerritt5702]

Thank you for the tips

[@jimathey6153]

The MASTER at work, thank you brother. GOD'S BLESSINGS BROTHER ✝️⚾ 🙃

[@GottliebGoltz]

Looks like You found most every angle in Your example. Thanks again. G-G.

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

If you were to ask me what is my least favorite thing to do, the answer is "basket stamping," and I would ordinarily take a pass on doing something like this. Not anymore, thanks to you and this video. Thanks, Don.

[@Jason-Dawg]

Thank you so much for the video. I'm still a noobie and every bit of info helps.

[@user-uf7gm9qf4c]

Приятно смотреть на работу мастера!

[@charliedurham1954]

Thank you,I learned a lot!

[@kennethwilson3997]

Awesome helps me a lot. Thanks

[@lbdeuce]

That’s a fine video don

[@hernandezknives]

Thank you. Very informative

[@jameswyatt5859]

Thanks Don!

[@blendraphi]

Good explain!

[@chrismajor8779]

Hi Don,great tutorial. What leather are you using also what number stamp are you using and is it a Tandy one please?

[@fredypick]

gracias por compartir . excelente explicación

[@robertward553]

Useful, thanks.

[@dicekiwi]

New Year wishes for 2020 Don may it be a kind one, what weight pounder do you use for this type of stamping? ?

[@joe3USA]

Thank You

[@hangingoutwithronwalters4505]

Thank you for all you share. I am brand new to leather crafting. When you put an image on the leather with a graphite pencil does the graphite make a mess on the leather? (Rookie question).

[@jessicayates5450]

I can confirm that you cannot "wrap" your basket stamp around the design and have it match up 🤣 I am in the middle of my first project and I butchered it but these videos are helping me with my next 🙂

[@jameslondono4786]

Maravilloso video, muy claro y sencillo. Que bueno sería que las letras fueran en español y el habla en inglés

[@neilzavala2364]

Gracias por su atención al compartir .

[@tinoyb9294]

Thanks again! Are you using a one pound maul for this work? I wonder if the leather stretch affects the alignment much? The lines are a great tip, I always get wandering stamps. Most tutorials only use the center line.

[@jessicayates5450]

Are you lining the back with leather or using painter tape on the back of the leather to help with stretch?

[@tinoyb9294]

@@jessicayates5450 I know that trick but I'm too lazy to do it and I'm usually only tooling thin leather. Truth is, I'm just not very patient keeping things lined up which is why I liked the extra lines. I did get a lighter maul, though.

[@donpayne562]

Thanks

[@789456dkt]

could you possibly upload a tutorial on how to buckstitch??

[@cheyannechilders1878]

What size blade do you use on your swivel knife? Looks like a Barry king, yes?

[@kerrie-lynnwebb5255]

What tools did you use in this video, and where can people purchase them? 😊

[@MrObiorah]

THANK YOU :)

[@jayplays568]

How would you finish something like this? Could you do a two tone colour effect on it with antique and resolene to finish? Or something else?

[@quickdiy8127]

I don't know wtf a basket stamp is but it was satisfying to watch you complete the pattern lol

[@ChrisieR67]

With what tool did you smooth out the basket stamps marks on the brand? Thank you!

[@nautifella]

This has me thinking about cutting one end off of a stamp for those close spots...

[@fredob1397]

Tank you Sir

[@davidgorringe]

Please could you let me know which stamp you are using thanks

[@saramize]

What is your preferred beveler when you get into the tight curve of the J? I would expect round, but it kinda looked like you were doing a different kind of technique with a concave beveler? Thanks!

[@geneclifford8662]

Great video, now I only have to find a place that sells good stamps. Once again, Thanks.

[@BLYFACTOR]

What do you spray on your leather?

[@devriescustomleather1109]

Good!!

[@herbhoover898]

Thanx

[@darklabelleather]

Dope!

[@aixpert291]

Hi don. How do people come up with brands? I’d love to have one but I don’t know where to start.

[@sinocaig]

what about buying another stamp like that and cutting it half and beveling it so you can get the detail in the small places...you thin that would work?

[@stuartmarkman769]

Do you wet your leather first?

[@myv6mustang]

Extremely new to leather crafting....about two weeks in. What tool are you using at the beginning of the video for cutting out your J

[@Stillnapie]

A swivel knife.

[@myv6mustang]

Stillnapie thanks. Just ordered one

[@GraceyRoxUrSox]

That actually is the brand of the friend of mine, haha!

[@daknyaz]

I know exactly what you are talking about lol

[@NGinuity]

I have bittersweet memories of being chastised in drafting class for calling that a ruler instead of a scale... Haha ... But to be fair nobody except architects and engineers call it a scale.

[@natebegay7031]

Sir, that tool is called a scale, not a ruler. Thanks for the video..

[@BAGGStheAugmented]

I can't for the life of me get my stamps to be aligned and straight..... It's infuriating. I give up. I have practiced for hours now, and it's like it gets worse the more I practice lol..... I just suck at this. What a waste of money on these tools.....

[@WOMPITUS]

I need to know how to rub out small mistakes like you speak of.